v. To pull off the impossible; to demonstrate that one is, indeed, a god among men.
See US Airways Flight 1549 Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III.
Mr. President, we've vetted your cabinet appointee as much as we can. Everything's clean, I mean really clean—this guy could Sully the Hudson.
John may've been an All-American Quarterback and a Rhodes Scholar, but his disastrous relationship history made clear that no one can really Sully the Hudson (except for Captain Sullenberger).
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